Black History Month & Anti Racism (Page 2)

Steve and I are in the midst of reading Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility, the top-selling book last week on The New York Times’s list of nonfiction books.  As you parishioners who read it and perhaps participated in the discussion of DiAngelo’s book know, the author essentially makes us examine what it is that keeps us from honest conversations about race.  DiAngelo also describes the innumerable racist structures in our society that may be invisible to us, unless we are open…

I’ve been struggling for many years to write a short memoir about my grandmother, and I struggle mainly because she is an unfinished story.  When I was 8, my parents told me and my six siblings that Grandma had lost her memory and had to be put into a facility that was part of “the State Hospital.” There would be no children allowed for visits.  In a flash, grandma’s life effectively ended for me.  I didn’t see her again until…

For comments, please scroll down to the bottom of this entry. Our son Brian has been home with me and Steve for a few weeks while he works remotely as a freelance musician in and around New York City.  With Brian at home, we’ve had a chance to have conversations about the recent killings of black men and women at the hands of white people, and about our work with the Spiritus Anti-Racism Coalition.  As you parents of out-of-town adult…